Hay-rake.



J. OLSON.

HAY RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1911. I

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.,WASH1NGTON. D cv Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

J. OLSON.

HAY RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1911.

1,050,992, Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

3 SHEETSSHEET 2.

COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH bo.,wAsmNuTON. D. C

J. OLSON.

HAY RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1911.

COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPM CU-,WASHINGTON. n. c.

Patentd Jan. 21, 1913 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

UNITED %A% I TEN @FFIQE.

JOHN OLSON, OF BRADLEY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T SEARS, EOEBUCK AND COMPANY,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HAY-RAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jail. 21, 1913.

Application filed July 14, 1911. Serial No. 638,511.

To all whom it may concern: the position of the parts when the cleaning Be it known that I, JOHN OLSON, a citiframe is lifted out of its normal position; zen of the United States, residing at Brad- Fig. 4C is a perspective view of the bracket ley, in the county of Kankakee and State of by which the position of the cleaning frame Illinois, have invented certain new and useis controlled; Fig. 5 is a view, partly dia ful Improvements in Hay-Rakes, of which grammatic, being substantially a fore-andthe following is a specification, reference aft section on line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is being had to the accompanying drawings. a partial front View, some parts being in My invention relates to hay rakes of the section; and Fig. 7 is a detail, being a vertype commonly employed for bunching the tical section on line 7-7 of Fig. 1. hay, in which the rake-head is arranged to Referring to the drawings,8-9 indibe rocked at intervals to release the hay colcate the usual carrying-wheels provided with lected by the teeth. In hay rakes of this spindles 1011 about which the rake-head is type it is common to employ a cleaning adapted to rock. 12 indicates the rakeframe arranged horizontally at the rear of head, which is provided with the usual rakethe rake-head, through which the raketeeth teeth 13 and is mounted upon the spindles move, so that when the teeth are raised to 1011 by means of brackets 14-15, as best release the hay the cleaning frame acts to shown in Fig. 1. The rake-head 12 is prefstrip the hay from the rake-teeth and pre- .erably an angle-iron, the rake-teeth 13 being vent it from being carried up with the teeth. secured thereto by clips 16. The rake-head As heretofore constructed, however, such is rocked or partly rotated by means of a cleaning or stripping frames have either rod 17 which is rotatably connected with been fixedly secured in position, or they have the head by means of brackets 18, or in any been so arranged as to be capable of being other suitable way, and at its ends is pro swung downward as the rake teeth are 1 vided with dogs 19 adapted to engage teeth moved upward, to strip the hay from the 20 on the inside of the hubs 2122 of the rake teeth. In neither of such construcwheels 89, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7. tions is sufficient space afforded to permit The arrangement is such that when the dogs the cleaning or stripping frames or bars 19 engage the teeth 20, forward movement to properly clear the hay. of the machine causes the rake-head to rock The object of my invention is to overcome so as to lift the rake-teeth and release the this objection, and this I accomplish by hay. The dogs 19 are normally held out of mounting the cleaning or stripping frame operative engagement with the teeth 20 by so that it may be raised to properly clear the a spring 23, as shown in Fig. 5, which is hay after it has performed its work in stripmounted upon a rod 24: connected with a ping the hay from the rake-teeth. This is bracket 25 which is fixedly secured to the effected when the points of the rake-teeth rod 17. As shown in Fig. 5, one end of the are lifted to a certain point, which, in the spring 23 bears against a head or nut 26 best embodiment of my invention, coincides arried by the rod 24, the other end of said with the level of the cleaning frame. In spring bearing against a plate 27 carried by order to prevent the cleaning frame from the rake-head, the tendency of the spring rising while the rake is in operation, I also being to hold the rod 17 in such position provide means by which it is held down at that the dogs 19 are out of engagement with such times. the teeth 20. The rod 17 is rocked to move In the accompanying drawings, which the dogs 19 into engagement with the teeth illustrate one form in which my invention 20 by means of a foot-lever 28 mounted on may be embodied,-Figure 1 is a plan view a seat-supporting bracket 29 and connected of a rake, the seat-support being in section; by an arm 30 and connecting-rod 81 with an Fig. 2 is a view, partially diagrammatic, arm 32 attached to the bracket 25, as shown being substantially a fore-and-aft section on in Fig. 5. The construction and operation line 22 of Fig. 1, showing the rake in opof these parts forms no part of my present erative position; Fig. 3 is a similar view invention, and I wish it to be understood showing the rake in its elevated or dischargthat instead of using the construction illusing position and showing also in dotted lines trated for connecting and disconnecting the rake-head with the carrying-wheels for dumping purposes, any other suitable devices may be employed.

33 indicates a lever for restoring the rakehead to operative position, said lever being connected to a bracket 34 fixedly secured to the rake-head, as shown in Fig. 2, so that by rocking said lever the rake-head may be rocked. The bracket 34 is connected by a connecting-rod 35 with a foot-lever 36 mounted on a pivot 37 carried by a suitable bracket 38 secured to a frame 39 which extends forward of the rake-head, as shown in Fig. 1, and serves as a means of attachment for the members of the tongue 40.

4142 indicate pivots connecting the connecting-rod 35 to the lever 36 and to the bracket 34, respectively. The location of these pivots with respect to the pivot 37 is such that when the rake-teeth are in operative position the pivot 41 lies slightly above a line drawn between the pivots 42 and 37, thereby forming a lock which holds the raketeeth in operative position. The lock may be released to permit the rake-head to be rocked, however, by operating the lever 33.

43 indicates a transverse bar which, together with rods 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 and a transverse bar or angle-iron 49, form a cleaning frame for stripping the hay from the rake-teeth when they are raised to dumping position. The bar 49 is hinged to the rear ends of the members 40 of the tongue, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so that it may rock to lift the rear bar 43 to a greater or less extent, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3.

50 indicates a plurality of brackets, preferably three in number, which are secured to the rake-head, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and are provided with slots 51 which receive the rods 45-4647. The number of brackets 5O employed, may, of course, be varied, and, if desired, one may be provided for each of the rods'forming a part of the cleaning frame, but ordinarily that is not necessary. The brackets 50 are so shaped and the length of the slots 51 is so proportioned that when the rake-head is in its normal or operative position the rods 454647 lie at the extreme upper ends of said slots and consequently prevent it from rising. When the rake-head is rocked to discharge the hay, the rake-teeth rise independently of the cleaning-frame until the points of the teeth are practically level with such frame, at which time the brackets 50 will have been moved so that the rods 454647 lie in the extreme lower ends of the slots 51. Consequently further movement of the rake-head in the same direction will lift the cleaning frame, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, thus moving the cleaning frame farther from the ground and avoiding the danger of its striking and scattering the raked hay.

So far as I am aware, this is a novel feature in hay rakes, and the claims hereinafter made are therefore to be construed broadly, except in so far. as they are directed to the details of the construction shown and described.

That which I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. A hay-rake,comprisingarocking rakehead having rake-teeth, a cleaning device, and means for moving the cleaning device upward during the latter part of the upward stroke of the raketeeth.

2. A hay-rake,comprisingarocking rakehead having rake-teeth, a cleaning device through which the rak-teeth move when rocked, said cleaning device being movably mounted so as to be adapted to be rocked up and down, and means for lifting the cleaning device during the latter part of the upward stroke of the rake-teeth.

3. A hay-rake,comprisingarocking rakehead having rake-teeth, a cleaning frame, means for moving the cleaning frame upward during the latter part of the upward stroke of the rake-teeth, and means for holding the cleaning frame stationary when the rake-teeth are in operative position.

4. A. hay-rake, comprising a rocking rakehead having rake-teeth, a cleaning frame through which the rake-teeth move when rocked, said cleaning frame being movably mounted so as to be adapted to be rocked up and down, means for lifting the cleaning frame during the latter part of the upward stroke of the rake-teeth, and means for holding the cleaning frame stationary when the rake-teeth are in operative position.

5. A hay-rake, comprising a rocking rakehead having rake-teeth, a cleaning frame 00- operating with said rake-teeth, and means carried by the rake-head for lifting the cleaning frame during the latter part of the upward stroke of the rake-teeth.

6. Ahay-rake, comprising a rocking rakehead having rake-teeth, a cleaning frame cooperating with said rake-teeth, and means carried by the rake-head for lifting the cleaning frame during the latter part of the upward stroke of the rake-teeth and oper;

ating to hold the cleaning frame down when the rake-teeth are in operative position.

7. Ahay-rake, comprisinga rocking rakehead having rake-teeth, a cleaning frame 00- operating with said rake teeth, and a slotted bracket carried by the rake-head for lifting the cleaning frame during the latter part of the upward stroke of the rake-teeth.

8. Ahay-rake, comprising a rocking rakehead having rake-teeth, a cleaning frame cooperating with said rake-teeth, and a slotted bracket carried by the rake-head for lifting the cleaning frame during the latter part of the upward stroke of the rake-teeth and operating to hold the cleaning frame down when the rake-teeth are in operative position.

9. Ahay-rake comprising a rocking rakehead having rake-teeth, a cleaning device for said rake-teeth, and means for rocking said rake-head independently of said cleaning device to release the hay and for subsequently simultaneously raising the raketeeth and the cleaning device.

10. A hay-rake comprising a rocking rake-head having rake-teeth, a cleaning device for said rake-teeth, means for rocking said rake-head independently of said clean ing device to release the hay and for subsequently simultaneously raising the raketeeth and the cleaning device, and means for holding the cleaning device stationary When the rake-teeth are in operative position.

JOHN OLSON. Witnesses:

W. R. BOND, F. L. MARTIN.

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